Welcome to Shoesmith School's website. Here you will find helpful information about all the wonderful 'buzz' that is happening in our school.

We are so excited to see you for another great school year at The Hive!

Shoesmith is Healthy School Certified!

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We hope you continue to be safe and healthy! Enjoy this read aloud by Principal Gates with the book “I’m Worried” by Michael Ian Black. We encourage you to watch it as a family and engage in the discussion questions that follow. Let’s continue to talk about our feelings and support one another through these uncertain times. Stay well Honeybees!

**NEW** CPS VOLUNTEER POLICY Any parent who is interested in volunteering at Shoesmith this school year, MUST complete the online volunteer application. Volunteer opportunities include, but are not limited to: chaperoning field trips, working with students during the school day, helping in your child’s classroom, working with students after school for events/activities/clubs, etc. Any adult who has not completed the application process will not be able to participate in volunteer opportunities.

Upcoming Events

Sign Up to Receive Important Communication during the COVID-19 School Closure!!

We are excited to share that Shoesmith is rolling out Remind school-wide for the 2019-2020 School Year! If you're not already familiar with Remind, it's a classroom communication tool that makes it easy to stay involved with your child's learning. Remind is free to use, and you'll be able to get and send messages on any device—even a simple text from your phone!As part of this rollout, we are having parents join by visiting https://www.remind.com/join/shoesmithe.

Here is a video demo to see how Remind works. We're excited to make connecting with our families more engaging!

Opt Out of Google Suite for Remote Learning Parent Consent Form NeededShoesmith is using the online platform Zoom to host live lessons with students. In order for students to participate in these lessons using Zoom, a signed “Opt out of G-Suite” consent form must be on file for every student. If you have not signed this consent form, please CLICK HERE.

Technology Survey for Families

We created this survey to help understand how the at-home learning experience is going for our Honeybees. Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey so that we can better support you and your students at-home. Our goal is to virtually push out more resources early next week. We will use the results from this survey to put together the most helpful resources for you! **Please only complete this survey once**

PARENT PORTAL IS CHANGING TO ASPENChicago Public Schools is excited to announce that starting April 22nd, 2019, Parent Portal will be replaced with a new system called Aspen. Aspen will provide the same capabilities of the old Parent Portal while adding new features including Graduation Requirements, Student Fees and a new, easy-to-use mobile interface.IMPORTANT NOTE: To access the new Aspen Parent Portal, all current portal users and parents who are interested in creating an account for the first time must set up a new account. Existing Parent Portal accounts will not automatically be transferred to Aspen. Follow the steps below to set up a new Aspen Parent Portal Account.